Criminal justice social work statistics in Scotland: 2015-2016

National-level information on criminal justice social work activity in Scotland, including data on criminal justice social work services and social work orders.


Table 7 Criminal justice social work reports preferred sentencing options: 2011‑12 to 2015-16

2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
Number
Total 31,879 28,022 27,774 26,603 26,988
Monetary penalty 2,261 1,883 1,761 1,754 1,749
Community service 2,830 606 213    
Probation: unpaid work 989 314 59    
Probation: standard conditions 1,186 147 58    
Probation: additional conditions 1,037 161 37    
Other community penalty       394 188
Community payback order: unpaid work, no supervision 2,511 4,040 4,200 4,077 4,118
Community payback order: supervision, no unpaid work 3,192 4,461 5,015 4,956 5,181
Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision 2,916 3,188 3,231 3,266 3,042
Restriction of liberty order 499 543 530 551 791
Deferment for DTTO assessment 649 702 607 602 553
Custody 1,053 927 876 924 910
Custody: extended sentence 171 163 188 195 141
Custody: supervised release order 203 182 171 205 230
Sentence deferred: 3 months or more 4,630 4,204 3,381 3,646 3,496
No preferred option 4,382 3,949 4,056 3,500 3,167
Other 3,370 2,552 3,391 2,533 3,422
Percentage
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Monetary penalty 7.1 6.7 6.3 6.6 6.5
Community service 8.9 2.2 0.8    
Probation: unpaid work 3.1 1.1 *    
Probation: standard conditions 3.7 0.5 *    
Probation: additional conditions 3.3 0.6 *    
Other community penalty       1.5 0.7
Community payback order: unpaid work, no supervision 7.9 14.4 15.1 15.3 15.3
Community payback order: supervision, no unpaid work 10.0 15.9 18.1 18.6 19.2
Community payback order: unpaid work and supervision 9.1 11.4 11.6 12.3 11.3
Restriction of liberty order 1.6 1.9 1.9 2.1 2.9
Deferment for DTTO assessment 2.0 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.0
Custody 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.4
Custody: extended sentence 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5
Custody: supervised release order 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.9
Sentence deferred: 3 months or more 14.5 15.0 12.2 13.7 13.0
No preferred option 13.7 14.1 14.6 13.2 11.7
Other 10.6 9.1 12.2 9.5 12.7

Note: Figures exclude supplementary reports. 'Other' category includes structured deferred sentences, absolute discharge, admonition, referral to children's hearing, remand to secure unit, supervised attendance order, driving ban, compensation order, continue current order, psychiatric assessment, revoke and impose new order, suspended sentence, non-specific community disposals and no suitable disposal. Community payback order was also recorded as 'Other' in 2010-11. The category 'Other community penalty' replaced the probation and community service order categories in 2014-15.

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